org.apache.commons.codec.language

Class Caverphone

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.codec.language.Caverphone

All Implemented Interfaces:

Encoder, StringEncoder

Deprecated.

1.5 Replaced by Caverphone2, will be removed in 2.0.

@Deprecated
public class Caverphone
extends Object
implements StringEncoder

Encodes a string into a Caverphone 2.0 value. Delegate to a Caverphone2 instance. This is an algorithm created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. It implements the Caverphone 2.0 algorithm:

Since:

1.4

See Also:

Wikipedia - Caverphone, Caverphone 2.0 specification

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Caverphone() Deprecated. Creates an instance of the Caverphone encoder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	caverphone(String source) Deprecated. Encodes the given String into a Caverphone value.
Object	encode(Object obj) Deprecated. Encodes an Object using the caverphone algorithm.
String	encode(String str) Deprecated. Encodes a String using the Caverphone algorithm.
boolean	isCaverphoneEqual(String str1, String str2) Deprecated. Tests if the caverphones of two strings are identical.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Caverphone

public Caverphone()

Deprecated.

Creates an instance of the Caverphone encoder

Method Detail

caverphone

public String caverphone(String source)

Deprecated.

Encodes the given String into a Caverphone value.

Parameters:

source - String the source string

Returns:

A caverphone code for the given String

encode

public Object encode(Object obj)
              throws EncoderException

Deprecated.

Encodes an Object using the caverphone algorithm. This method is provided in order to satisfy the requirements of the Encoder interface, and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type java.lang.String.

Specified by:

encode in interface Encoder

Parameters:

obj - Object to encode

Returns:

An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the caverphone code which corresponds to the String supplied.

Throws:

EncoderException - if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String

encode

public String encode(String str)

Deprecated.

Encodes a String using the Caverphone algorithm.

Specified by:

encode in interface StringEncoder

Parameters:

str - String object to encode

Returns:

The caverphone code corresponding to the String supplied

isCaverphoneEqual

public boolean isCaverphoneEqual(String str1,
                                 String str2)

Deprecated.

Tests if the caverphones of two strings are identical.

Parameters:

str1 - First of two strings to compare

str2 - Second of two strings to compare

Returns:

true if the caverphones of these strings are identical, false otherwise.